Re: errata/274: LRM does not specify how Infinity and NaNs to be displayed for real numbers

From: Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com
Date: Thu May 20 2004 - 12:00:01 PDT

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    The following reply was made to PR errata/274; it has been noted by GNATS.

    From: Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com
    To: Steven Sharp <sharp@cadence.com>
    Cc: etf-bugs@boyd.com
    Subject: Re: errata/274: LRM does not specify how Infinity and NaNs to be
     displayed for real numbers
    Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:15:15 +0300 (IDT)

     On Thu, 20 May 2004, Steven Sharp wrote:
     
    > > Hmmm. That is itself a statement which needs to be verified.
    > > I.e., does what is explicitly specified in the Verilog LRM contradict anything
    > > from C?
    >
    > The statement is only referring to the real formats (%e, %f, %g). That
    > statement and a simple example are the only things specified for them in
    > the LRM.
     
     I know.
     
    > This statement also doesn't specify a C standard version, which could be
    > an issue if the formatting capabilities for reals have changed in C.
     
     That's exactly the point.
     I have a draft version of the ISO standard, I don't have the final version.
     But this draft does not seem to be 100% identical to what the Verilog LRM
     says in some of the details.
     
     Shalom
     
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